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- Foods, General
Thoughts on food, health and the joy of eating well Part 1: When Did Treats Become Everyday Foods? One of the unexpected pleasures of the past few months has been how much I’ve enjoyed creating new recipes. As a nutritional therapist, people sometimes ask whether that feels at odds with [...]
- Foods, General, Symptoms
Bloating. Digestive discomfort. Headaches. Skin problems. Fatigue. When symptoms are affecting your quality of life, it’s entirely understandable to want answers. It’s also understandable that many people turn to food intolerance testing in the hope of identifying the foods that might be causing their symptoms. In fact, one of the [...]
- Functional Medicine, General
The market for direct-to-consumer health testing has exploded in recent years. From food sensitivity tests and microbiome analyses to hormone panels and genetic reports, it’s now possible to order a wide range of health tests online without ever speaking to a healthcare professional. The marketing is often persuasive. Promises of [...]
- Functional Medicine, General, Gut, Hormones, Immune System, liver, Menopause, Symptoms
Histamine, Hormones, Bile & the Gut Connection Many people reach a point where their body suddenly seems more reactive than it used to be. Foods trigger symptoms that never caused problems before. Sleep becomes lighter. Migraines appear more often. Digestion becomes unpredictable. Hormonal changes feel more intense. You may start [...]
- Functional Medicine, General, Gut, IBS, Menopause
In the first part of this series, we looked at how gut symptoms, pelvic floor changes, and vaginal health concerns can appear together, rather than as separate issues. The next question is often: Why does this happen—and what does it mean in practice? Looking beneath the surface When symptoms overlap [...]
- Functional Medicine, General, Gut, IBS, Menopause
It’s not uncommon for someone to come to see me feeling as though their symptoms don’t quite make sense together. They might describe ongoing bloating and constipation—often labelled as irritable bowel syndrome—alongside recurrent thrush (vulvovaginal candidiasis), and sometimes more recently pelvic heaviness or early signs of prolapse. What often stands [...]
- General, Gut, IBS, Symptoms
Bloating is one of the most common symptoms I see in clinic — and one of the most oversimplified. For many people, it feels logical to search for a single cause:“It must be dairy.”“It’s probably gluten.”“I did a test — it says I have X.” But in reality, bloating is [...]
- Functional Medicine, General
More and more people are turning to AI tools to try and make sense of their health symptoms. It’s easy, instant, and often surprisingly convincing. But this raises an important question: Can AI actually solve your health problems—or is it just giving you information? The rise of AI in health [...]
- Functional Medicine, General
Something I’m starting to notice more of in practice is this: People are doing a lot of the “right” things for their health. They’re reading, researching, joining groups, asking questions, and trying to take action. And yet… they’re not getting the results they expected. Access to information has never been [...]
- Foods, General, Weight, Weight-Loss Medications & Nutrition
Many people notice a quieting of “food noise” on weight loss injections — here’s how to use that shift to build healthier, more sustainable habits. One of the most commonly reported effects of weight loss injections is a quieting of what many people call “food noise.” That constant background chatter [...]